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According to Tom Schnabel of KCRW, [3] he was told that Nina Simone's "See-line Woman" was a 19th-century seaport song about sailors coming into port (such as Charleston or New Orleans) and prostitutes waiting for them, lined up along the dock, hence the term 'sea line' (a line of women by the sea) or alternatively, "see-line" (women standing ...
Nina Simone – vocals, piano John Chiodini, Al Schackman – guitar John Clayton , Buell Neidlinger , Christopher Hanulik, David Young, Jim Hughart , John Peña, Margaret Storer, Steve Edelman, Susan Ranney – bass
"See-Line Woman" ([traditional] American folk, George Bass, Nina Simone) - 2:38 "Our Love (Will See Us Through)" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 3:01 "How Can I?" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:05 "The Last Rose of Summer" (Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone) - 3:08; on some CD releases the single "A Monster" is added as a ...
She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre ...
Tracy Wannomae – soprano saxophone and flute on "See Line Woman" and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" Eric Elterman – engineer (vocals) Pete Min – engineer, mixing, mastering; Hilton Als – liner notes; Charlie Gross – photography
Track 6 of the album, "Sealion", is an adaptation of a song by singer Nina Simone (Broadway-Blues-Ballads, 1964). The original title was "See Line Woman" (a reference to sealions was never intended), and refers to the life of an upper-class sex worker. [8]
Nina Simone's life as a recording artist can be divided into three phases: early period (1957–64, corresponding to her albums with Bethlehem and Colpix); middle period (1964–74, corresponding to her albums with Philips and RCA); and late period (1974–2003, corresponding to her time either without a recording contract or with a multitude of different contracts).
The Very Best of Nina Simone is a compilation album of songs by Nina Simone, released by Sony BMG in 2006, three years after her death in 2003. Track listing [ edit ]